A definition of art is that it makes concrete our most subtle emotions. I think the highest form of art is music. It’s the most abstract of all art expression.
AGNES MARTINYou must find the things that you do like. The things that are acceptable to your mind.
More Agnes Martin Quotes
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Nature is like parting a curtain, you go into it …. as you would cross an empty beach to look at the ocean.
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You have to penetrate these and hear what your mind is telling you to do. Such work is original work.
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It’s not about facts, it’s about feelings. It’s about remembering feelings and happiness.
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The adventurous state of mind is a high house… The joy of adventure is unaccountable.
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The worst thing you can think about when you’re working is yourself.
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I want to say that they are not what they seem to be. I want to say that all that seems like fantastic mistakes are not mistake.
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Once he sees this fact his feet are on the path. If you want to know the truth you will know it.
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Fulfill your potential. That’s the way to happiness.
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The happiness of every living thing is what we want.
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My paintings are not about what is seen. They are about what is known forever in the mind.
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I would like my work to be recognized as being in the classical tradition (Coptic, Egyptian, Greek, Chinese), as representing the Ideal in the mind. Classical art cannot possibly be eclectic.
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I want to emphasize the fact that we all have the same experience and the same concern, but the artist must know exactly what the experience is. He must pursue the truth relentlessly.
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They are immeasurable, completely lacking in substance. They are perfect and sublime. This is the subject matter of art.
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Anything can be painted without representation.
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One must see the ideal in one’s own mind. It is like a memory – an awareness -of perfection.
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